Fabaceae
Cullen

Cullen plicatum (Delile) C.H.Stirt.

First published in Bothalia 13: 317 (1981)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sahara to NW. India, S. Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Sahara regional transition zone: desert., Sahel regional transition zone; grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Jhil
[ILDIS]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Bushy plant up to 1 m high, grey pubescent, weakly spiny
Morphology Leaves
Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; leaflets oblanceolate or oblong, up to 25 x 10 mm, the terminal the largest; margin repand to undulate or plicate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes stout, axillary, lax, 5–10 cm long, up to c. 30-flowered
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 4–5 mm long, white or white and purple
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod about as long as the calyx, pubescent.
Distribution
N1; Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan and west to Senegal; Pakistan and India
Ecology
Altitude up to 1050 m.
[FSOM]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
Undershrub up to 4 ft. high
Morphology Branches
Ribbed weakly spiny branchlets
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Whitish flowers.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use
Forage
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0